Session 6 BIOGRAPHY Anthony Gagliardo, Director Technical Training Support, Office of Technical Training, FAA Anthony (Tony) Gagliardo leads the Federal Aviation Administration Air Traffic Organization’s Technical Training Support Directorate, where he guides efforts to modernize and transform training for the Federal Aviation Administration’s 20,000 air traffic controllers and technicians. Gagliardo focuses on integrating new technologies and best practices to improve air traffic operations in addition to directing training technology infrastructure, content design and architecture, quality assurance and metrics initiatives, contract programs, and simulation strategy. He also works with military and private institutions to enable efficiency advancement to private entities. Last fall, Aviation week selected a program he oversees, Air Traffic Control Optimum Training Solutions (ATCOTS), as a 2011 Aviation Week Program Excellence finalist.
While at Northwest Airlines Flight Operations, he managed several key departments including In-Flight Training units, where he designed and developed training for pilots and flight attendants and established the first enterprise delivery of web-based training for them. He introduced and helped build the mainstream use of distance learning and simulation for Northwest as well as the initial curriculum and training in a Learning Content Management System (LCMS) environment. Gagliardo also developed the initial LCMS-based training in anticipation of the delivery of 787 Dreamliner. He helped establish and deliver curriculum that attributed to the successful merger of Delta and Northwest, including the design and development of Delta Air Lines Flight Operations Training, as part of the Research Advanced Qualification Program and Development Group.
Prior to that, he guided an aircraft contract field team for Boeing and was a lead aviation technician for Lockheed-Martin, where he supervised electricians and avionics technicians in the avionics modernization retrofit of the C-5 Galaxy cargo aircraft. Gagliardo is a certified Airframe and Powerplant mechanic, and he is an active pilot with both civil and Air Force experience.
Gagliardo has spoken at numerous events hosted by organizations, including: American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), Women in Aviation, Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), and Tanker Airlift Association. Topics included recommendations for outlining technical training support and integration of UAS technology; professional development of junior aviators through ab initio programs; Presidential support and US military involvement in cost saving measures across the taker airlift.